Corpus Refs: | Macalister/1909:171 Macalister/1949:723 Petrie/1872:126 |
Site: | CLMAC |
Discovery: | first mentioned, 1822 Petrie, G. |
History: | Petrie/1872, 58: `Drawn by Dr. Petrie at Clonmacnois, in 1822'. Macalister/1949, 56, records the stone as still on site. |
Geology: | |
Dimensions: | 0.58 x 0.53 x 0.05 (converted from Macalister/1949) |
Setting: | inc |
Location: | on site |
Form: | cross-slab |
Condition: | incomplete , poor Macalister/1909, 34: `flaked and also clogged with lime...Petrie...shows the stone as it is now, save that what was then a crack has now developed into a complete fracture'. |
Folklore: | none |
Crosses: | 1: latin; outline; straight; half-round; ind; none; none; none; decorated |
Decorations: | Macalister/1909: `The base and a fragment of the dexter terminal of a seven-line cross'. |
Petrie, G. (1822): | [O~R~D]OEUCHAIG | MAGDARMOT Expansion: [OROIT D]O EUCHAIG MAG DARMOT Translation: Pray for Eochaid (PN) Mac Darmot (PN). Petrie/1872 58 reading only |
Macalister, R.A.S. (1909): | [O~R~D]OEOCHAIG | [--]MAGDARNAC Expansion: [OROIT D]O EOCHAIG [--] MAGDARNAC Translation: A Prayer for Eochu...(PN) of Mugdorna. Macalister/1909 34 reading only Macalister/1949 56 reading only |
Orientation: | vertical down |
Position: | n/a ; broad ; within quadrants ; separated The surviving inscription is in two vertical lines running down within the two lower quadrants. |
Incision: | inc |
Date: | None published |
Language: | Goidelic (rbook) |
Ling. Notes: | none |
Palaeography: | CISP: The inscription is in half-uncial. The E is rounded and three-pronged; the A's are in the `OC' form; the G's are minuscule; the D has an ascender which bends to the left over the bow and the R is open-bowed and majuscule. |
Legibility: | poor Macalister/1909, 34: `The inscription is difficult to decipher, being flaked and also clogged with lime'. |
Lines: | 2 |
Carving errors: | 0 |
Doubtful: | no |